The kiln owner stood up with a dry cigarette roll in his hand and said, "What is the matter with the village master, I will pay taxes every month." ”

The village owner said, "Buy bricks and build a house." ”

When the kiln owner heard this, he was not in a hurry to go down. He asked, "Does the village owner buy it on credit or cash?" ”

The village lord took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his chest, motioned to the kiln owner, and said, "I didn't bring any cash. As he spoke, he took out the seal of the village government and motioned to the kiln owner, saying, "I can say that I bought it in cash or on credit." ”

The kiln owner didn't understand, didn't see the cash, and it didn't look like a credit account. He said: "I don't understand, where the cash is, the brick kiln has long since stopped paying on credit. ”

The village owner said, "The cash is in the village office, and I don't think it's credit." How many bricks and tiles the village government buys, how much is the total amount, sign your name, and stamp the seal of the village government. I took the signed and stamped slip and could withdraw the money at the village office. You take the money with me. I can't withdraw money without a bill. ”

"Is that so?" As the kiln master was about to come down, he asked, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

The village owner took the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and seal and said: "This is still fake, my village government seal has been brought." The village lord showed him the seal.

The kiln owner saw that the village owner and the housekeeper came this time, which was different from the past. In the past, it was an IOU. The kiln owner asked, "When will you take the money, and will you go after pulling the bricks and tiles?" ”

The village owner replied: "Load the bricks and tiles into the car, you go with the brick car, the brick truck goes to the collapsed house, you go to the village office." ”

"Okay." The kiln owner leaned down on the ladder and went down. Five-sixths of the way down, the kiln owner jumped down the ladder.

The kiln master thugs and walked towards the village owner. Look up and ask the village owner, "How many bricks and tiles does the village master have?" ”

The village owner said: "You ask the housekeeper how much to buy, he is responsible for building the house." I'm in charge of getting the money for you. ”

The kiln owner held a dry cigarette roll in his hand, and a wisp of smoke drifted over his head and face. He looked at the butler and said, "How many bricks do you want?" ”

The housekeeper replied: "Do you know about the collapse of the house in the village? ”

The kiln owner replied: "I heard about it, and I went to see it too." ”

"You went to see it?" The housekeeper asked.

The kiln owner replied: "Go." ”

The housekeeper pondered, what did he go to see, his family was here, and he was not in the village? The housekeeper asked, "What are you going to see, that far away, and you have also seen the south gate of the village?" ”

The kiln owner replied: "I have seen it, I have seen it all." ”

The kiln owner looked at the housekeeper and asked, "What can't you think of when I go to see it?" ”

The housekeeper looked at the kiln owner and replied: "How do I know what you are looking at, is it to see the excitement?" ”

The kiln owner listened, "What? He tossed the cigarette and said, "I'm looking at business." ”

"Looking at the business?" The steward asked, "Why, are there people in those two places who buy bricks from you?" ”

The kiln master replied: "Not yet." ”

"What's the business without you?" After speaking, the housekeeper looked at the kiln owner, he knew why the kiln owner said that he was looking at business, Ping'an Village was a brick kiln of his family, and those villagers who had collapsed their houses wanted to build collapsed houses, so they had to buy bricks and tiles from his family. I don't come to his house, and I don't go anywhere else.

The housekeeper said: "You used to look at business like this, the villagers collapsed the house, so they had to build a house, and Ping'an Village had a brick kiln for you, and if they wanted to build a house, they would have to buy bricks and tiles from your house." Did you see them come to your house to buy bricks and tiles? ”

The kiln owner smiled and said, "Yes, I went to see them come to my house to buy bricks and tiles." ”

The village owner said: "Ping'an Village is just your brick kiln, you don't have to go to see it, you will come to your house to buy it." After the village lord finished speaking, he stuffed back the seal of the village government, got up and put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the saddle, and got off the horse with the pen, ink and paper inkstone in the saddle.

He hugged the pen, ink, paper and inkstone to his chest, walked to the kiln owner, and said, "Are there any cheap bricks and tiles in your house?" ”

Seeing that the village lord dismounted, the housekeeper also dismounted. Walk up to the village lord.

Now there are few houses to build, and his family now mainly sells some jars, bowls and plates. The few who build houses, the less he burns. He said, "There are bricks and tiles, and they are being burned now, and some of them are burned to the ground." ”

"Where?" The village lord went to see.

"It's all in the cave." The kiln owner returns.

The village lord looked at the wall of his cave: "Ah, are they all in the cave?" The village owner asked, "Well, is there a cheap one?" ”

The kiln owner sighed and said: "If this was in the past, a copper plate could buy more than a dozen bricks, but now it is different, there are fewer people who build houses, fewer people buy bricks, fewer people buy bricks, and fewer people burn bricks." In this market, if there are fewer things, the price will be expensive. It's the same with bricks and tiles, it's expensive without it. ”

The village owner asked, "What is the price of bricks and tiles now?" ”

The kiln owner replied: "Bricks, one copper plate." tile, one copper plate for two. ”

"What?" The village owner looked at the kiln owner with wide eyes.

"What?" The butler also looked at the kiln master with wide eyes.

The kiln owner stretched out his finger and replied: "Bricks, one copper plate." tile, one copper plate for two. ”

"Wow!" The black dog snorted twice at the village lord and the housekeeper.

"How can this increase the price so high?" The owner of the village looks at the owner of the brick kiln.

The kiln owner replied: "The cost is high, there are few bricks to buy, and I have to support workers." Several of the brick-burning workers have been dismissed. The rest are all hard-working. The pillar of the brick kiln is now ceramic. Jars, bowls, plates, water tanks. ”

The village owner said: "The cost is high, and you have increased it more than ten times compared to before." After speaking, the village lord said: "Don't you take the opportunity to increase the price?" ”

"Village master, what are you talking about, the villagers are suffering, can I take the opportunity to increase the price indiscriminately? I'm telling the truth, the cost is high. I've got to get my money back. If you lose money and don't make it back, my brick kiln will be yellow sooner or later. ”

The village lord said, "You are ten times more than ten times, not one or two times." The village owner listened to the kiln owner's words, and it is true that there are few people building houses in the village now. He also understands the kiln owner. The village lord looked up and thought about it, and said, "Is this okay, one copper plate, two bricks; One copper plate, four tiles. How? ”

The kiln owner looked at the village owner and said, "Village master, I'm losing money." One copper plate with two bricks, one copper plate with four tiles, I can't sell it. A copper plate is a brick, a copper plate is two tiles, and a broken brick and tile are not allowed. ”

The kiln owner shook his hand at the village owner and turned sideways.

The kiln owner was resolute, and the village owner saw it, thought about it, and took a step closer to the kiln owner. He said, "One copper plate with two bricks, one copper plate with four tiles, okay?" ”

The kiln master did not reply immediately, and after a moment, he said, "No." ”

"No way?" The village lord asked.

"Nope." The kiln owner replied very resolutely.

A copper plate and a brick, the village owner thinks it is a bit expensive, to build a house with more wood and less bricks, it will cost tens of thousands of bricks, and then you have to take out a big gold ingots to buy.

The village owner said: "Do you think this will work, we will buy more, can you give some away?" The village owner asked the housekeeper, "How many bricks and how many tiles should we buy first?" ”

The housekeeper replied: "Fifty-five bricks, five thousand and a half tiles." ”

The village lord blinked and said to the kiln owner, "How about you give us 15,000 bricks when we buy 55,000 bricks, and 5,500 tiles, and you give us 1,500 tiles." It was given in the form of fifty-five thousand bricks and five thousand five hundred watts. In other words, if we buy 40,000 bricks and 4 kilowatts, you give 15,000 bricks and 1,500 tiles. ”